Snickers Bar
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Summary
Third-party 2025 testing detected 350 ppb arsenic in Snickers Bar. Snickers Bar scores 11/100. Sugar appears in three different forms — inside the milk chocolate, as standalone corn syrup, and as standalone sugar — an industrial tactic to disguise total sugar content on the ingredient list. Palm oil is a cheap industrial filler fat extracted using hexane solvents. Artificial flavor means undisclosed synthetic chemicals with zero transparency. The peanuts provide some fats but are a legume with limited bioavailable protein due to antinutrients like phytic acid and lectins. Owned by Mars, Inc., one of the largest processed food conglomerates in the world.
Contaminants 1
Source: Independent third-party laboratory testing
Arsenic 350 ppb High
Detected at a high level — at or above health-based exposure limits. Regular exposure at this level is a genuine health concern. No safe level of arsenic exposure exists; chronic exposure is linked to increased cancer risk (lung, skin, kidney, bladder), cardiovascular disease, and neurodevelopmental harm in children.
Independent third-party testing detected arsenic at 350 parts per billion — a significant contamination level.
Key ingredients 6
Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin)Bad
Sugar is the first sub-ingredient, making this a sugar-forward chocolate. Contains soy lecithin as an industrial emulsifier, typically derived from GMO soy. The cocoa content is diluted by sugar and dairy fillers.
See more about Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin) →Corn SyrupBad
Highly processed liquid glucose derived from industrial corn refining. Rapidly spikes blood sugar with zero nutritional value. The second distinct sweetener in this product on top of sugar already in the chocolate.
See more about Corn Syrup →SugarBad
Refined sugar appearing as a standalone ingredient on top of sugar already in the milk chocolate and corn syrup — triple sugar loading across the ingredient list.
See more about Sugar →Palm OilBad
Industrially processed tropical oil high in saturated fat, often extracted using hexane solvents. Associated with inflammatory effects. Used as a cheap filler fat in the nougat and caramel layers.
See more about Palm Oil →Artificial FlavorBad
Synthetic chemical flavoring with zero ingredient transparency. Could contain any number of undisclosed lab-created compounds. No legitimate reason to include artificial flavor when real ingredients exist.
See more about Artificial Flavor →PeanutsGood
Beneficial ingredient — whole-food or functional value in this product class.
See more about Peanuts →Processing
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